Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated With Open Surgical Repair for Complex Aortic Aneurysms
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This is a prospective, non-randomized, single center, data collection study of patients treated with open surgical repair (OR) for complex aortic aneurysms (CAAs).
Detailed description
Patients in need of OR for CAAs will be placed in this prospective, non-randomized, single center, data collection study. Choice of the prosthetic graft and configuration will be based on surgeon's preference and extent of the disease. OR will be performed by vascular surgeons at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, assuming no difference in surgical techniques.
Demographics, clinical presentation, preoperative clinical and imaging assessment, intraoperative information, length of ICU stay and hospitalization, early and late mortality, major adverse events (MAEs), reintervention, rupture and QoL at different postoperative time points (4 months, 1 year, 3 years and 5 years) will be recorded according to well-designed case report forms (CRFs) and SF-36 form. Follow-up information will be obtained from office visits or mailing questionnaires (SF-36 form and CAA-specific questionnaire).
Patients will be asked to fill out the SF-36 forms preoperatively, and along with the CAA-specific questionnaire at 4 months, 1 year, 3 years and 5 years post-operatively. Physician assistants or study coordinators will interview all patients prior to treatment (during office evaluation). The follow-up assessments will be conducted by questionnaires (SF-36 and CAA-specific questionnaire) and office visits as well. If no response in 6 weeks after sending out questionnaires at each time point, telephone interview will be followed.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in health-related quality of life after open repair as measured by the Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-36) [Time frame: baseline, 5 years post repair]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Patients undergoing elective, emergent or urgent OR for CAAs, including:
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) not eligible for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), including 1) Infrarenal AAA with complex aneurysm morphology 2) Short neck infrarenal AAA 3) Juxtarenal AAA 4) Suprarenal AAA
- Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) (Type I - IV)
- Chronic aortic dissections
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who refuse to participate the study
- Patients age < 18 years
- Pregnant breastfeeding patients
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Mayo Clinic — Rochester
Identifiers
NCT: NCT03446287 · 14-009465